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The Wrestlers Tanikaze Kajinosuke and Onogawa Kisaburo with the Referee Kimura Shonosuke

The Wrestlers Tanikaze Kajinosuke and Onogawa Kisaburo with the Referee Kimura Shonosuke

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Katsukawa Shunsho

Artist
Katsukawa Shunsho
(Japanese, 1726 - 1792)
Title
The Wrestlers Tanikaze Kajinosuke and Onogawa Kisaburo with the Referee Kimura Shonosuke
Date
1780-1785
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
375 x 506 mm Overall
Credit
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession No.
1980.3037
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

By 1925, purchased in Japan by Frank Lloyd Wright; ca. 1926, acquired by The Bank of Wisconsin; 1928, sold to Edward Burr Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 1943, passed through inheritance to Edward’s son, John H. Van Vleck (Madison, WI); 9 January 1980, bequeathed by John H. Van Vleck to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Meech, Julia. "Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: The Architect's Other Passion." New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and Japan Society, New York, 2001.
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Artscene." Vol. 18, No. 1, January- June 2001. p. 9
  • Marks, Andreas. "Japanese Woodblock Prints (1680-1938)." Cologne: TASCHEN, 2019. pp. 176-177, 620, no. 50
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  • Japanese Masterworks: Woodblock Prints from the Chazen Museum of Art Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 5/6/2016–8/14/2016
  • Summer Breeze: The Fan in Japanese Prints: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/7/2012–9/9/2012
  • Van Vleck Collection of Japanese Prints, The: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/7/1990–11/25/1990

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